Fazil Manzil

Teachings by Hazrat Inayat Khan - Impressions

“What is the message of Sufism? Sufism is the message of digging out that water like life which has been buried by the impressions of this material life. There is an English phrase, "a lost soul." The soul is not lost; the soul is buried; when it is dug out then the divine life springs out like a spring of water. . .

Bad impressions, however old and intimate, are like rubbish accumulated, which should be removed in order to make the house clean. The human heart is the home of the soul, and upon this home the comfort and peace of the soul depend. . .

Clearing Impressions

Purity of mind requires the destroying of all bad impressions collected there or received at present. . .

The mind is not only a means of thinking or reasoning, but the king of one's being; and upon the condition of the mind one's health, happiness, and peace in life depend.

Now the question is what to destroy and what to keep in the mind.

• Collect and keep all that is beautiful, and destroy all that is void of beauty.
• Collect and keep all that is agreeable, and destroy all that has a disagreeable effect upon you.
• Collect and keep all that is harmonious, and destroy all that creates disharmony in yourself.
• Collect and keep all that is restful, and destroy all that disturbs the peace of your life. . .
  
  

Once a person is able to clear from his mind, by whatever process, the undesirable impressions, a new power begins to spring from his heart, opening a way before him, attracting to him all he requires, clearing from his path all obstacles, and making his atmosphere clear for him to live and move and to accomplish all he wishes to accomplish.”

“Recitation of the divine names is the soap and water
that purifies the heart.” Mevlânâ Jelâleddîn-i Rûmî


Recommend use of “The Physicians of the Heart” as a resource.